Just returned from a week staying in the Sun Royal apts at Playa Blanca. It was a last minute deal, great value with Thomsons. The apartments are clean and quite good although they are quite a 'step' from the beach/promenade/town areas. The complex is well laid out with reasonably good facilities and a fair priced onsite super market for the essentials - more on offer down the road at Nettos (but dont waste your energy carrying water that far its not a lot of difference on site).
The food on offer in the hotel restaurant is adequate and reasonably priced at 6e for breafast and 12e for dinner, self service and eat as much as you like but paying for drinks. We used it a couple of times. There are plenty of good places to eat at reasonable rices, give the Tipico Espaniol restaurant a try in the street leading from Nettos past the Yaiza hotel towards the town. Good value, cheaper than tose on the front prom and have generous helpings. Also good value red house wine mmmm.
As we had a great deal on the price of the holiday, Im not sure that I would want to pay the full price for these apartments when you could have half board in the nearby H10 Princess for just a little more.
Playa Blanca is just great for a relaxing break (long walks along the prom if you want them). We hired a car and visited some of the areas around the island which is cheaper than taking the trips I feel. P.D.Carmen is not my cup of tea as it is quite old and very much a 'seaside' holiday Hidehi sort of place. But Costa Teguise does have my vote as it is clean and quite new and sort of built around 3 areas which tends to keep it more intimate.
Take care when hiring a car as we found when needing to take it back with a half full tank of petrol. The guy in the fuel station placed the nozzle in the car and walked off. It was only when I went to the rear of the car that I realised he had clipped the trigger on and the car was filling up. The result was that I paid 15 euros more than I needed to return the car half full. Too late it was my fault apparently, car company nor garage would refund.
But it was a cheap car with air con at the lower price so it all evened out in the end I suppose. Car was hired from SunRoyal reception area.
Weather was great but the wind did pick up on times during the week.
I will go back to Lanzarote again.

we have just got back from staying in the sun royal in playa blanca the apartments are very clean with a maid service everyday,you are near to the beach and shops ,there is a cheap netto supermarket near by,the swimming pools are lovely ,one is a heated pool in which was straight outside our apartment,the apartments have everything in them including microwave and grill,toaster,kettle,etc.we all found staying here for a week was very enjoyable and we would stay here again

Just got back from Playa Blanca and was amazed at how lovely it is the Sun Royal was a nice place to stay clean not packed and cheap
Bar/Supermarket on site Didnt see much Entertainment but most evenings we spent eating out ,maid service in apartments bit hit and miss but room was nice
Quite a strool to beach/town loads of restaurants(but avoid lanis by marina like the plague)
All in all a very nice place definatly going next year

We have just returned from a week in Playa Blanca. We stayed at the 3 star Sun Royal and must say it was fantastic value for money. It's best to go self catering so you can sample the food and entertainment the resort has to offer. We found a Scottish pub called 'Fiddles Bar' it is the best pub in the town by a mile. It is situated across the road from the church, just up the road from the towns main taxi rank. Look up and you will see the Scottish flags. Go through the tunnel and up the stairs, it's in the far conner. Breakfast was superb and well priced the drinks are real and don't give you the runs. The entertainment was out of this world, not the usual tape deck and crap singer. The guy could play any string instrument and he can sing. They have good screens for the football games and the views over the bay from the pubs terrace are great. The place was so clean it was a pleasure to sit in. Playa Blanca is a lovely resort with a relaxed pace . We will be back as soon as we can and will be heading stright to Fiddlers.